Photos: Boston Marathon 2015

Runners cross the start line in the women’s division of Boston Marathon Monday, April 20, 2015 in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Runners approach the finish line during the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Dr. Bryan Lyons, top, pushes Rick Hoyt in the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, as they pass through Natick, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Lucas Carr pushes Matt Brown over finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Shalane Flanagan, of Portland, Ore., crosses the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Women cheer for runners in front of Wellesley College during the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Wellesley, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Spectators display placards to runners in the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Natick, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, crosses the finish line to win the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Caroline Rotich, of Kenya, wins the women’s division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Caroline Rotich, of Kenya, wins the women’s division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Carlos Arredondo, a 2013 Boston Marathon first-responder, distributes U.S. flags in the grandstand near the Boston Marathon finish line, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Carlos Arredondo, a 2013 Boston Marathon first-responder, and his wife, Melida, sit in the grandstand near the Boston Marathon finish line Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, acknowledges the crowd while holding his trophy after winning the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, breaks the tape at the finish line to win the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, crosses the finish line to win the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Runners, including Jeffrey Martin, center, of Edmonds, Wash., start the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Dustin Hicks, right, of Temple Terrace, Fla., proposes to Laura Bowerman after crossing the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Police officers patrol near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Police officers patrol near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Boston Marathon runner William Fitzgerald II, center, of Fishersville, Va., gets a hug from his wife, Elizabeth, and children McKina and Miles in Boston, before boarding a shuttle bus to the starting line in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday April 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Race officials set up electronics at the starting line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Runners get off buses for the start of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, crosses the finish line to win the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, leads the pack through Hopkinton, Mass., en route to a win in the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, lifts his trophy after winning the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015 in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Caroline Rotich, of Kenya, lifts her trophy after winning the women’s division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Boston Marathon winner Lelisa Desisa, left, of Ethiopia, and women’s division winner Caroline Rotich, of Kenya, pose with a trophy, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Frankline Chepkwony, front left, of Kenya, and Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, lead the pack up Heartbreak Hill during the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Newton, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Carlos Arredondo, a 2013 Boston Marathon first-responder, holds a “Boston Strong” banner in the grandstand near the Boston Marathon finish line, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Carlos Arredondo, a 2013 Boston Marathon first-responder, holds a “Boston Strong” banner beside his wife Melida, right, in the grandstand near the Boston Marathon finish line Monday, April 20, 2015 in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Runners in the second wave of starters begin their trek to Boston after crossing the starting line at the 119th running of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 20, 2015, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
A Massachusetts State Police officer watches runners get off buses for the start of the 119th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015 in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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The weather was cold and damp but the atmosphere festive at Monday’s running of the Boston Marathon, two years after pressure-cooker bombs exploded at the finish line and shattered one of sports’ most cherished events.

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